emanate Definition
ema·nate (em′ə nāt′)
intransitive verb -·nat′ed, -·nat′·ing
to come forth; issue, as from a source
Etymology: < L emanatus, pp. of emanare, to flow out, arise < e-, out + manare, to flow < IE base *mano-, damp, wet > Welsh mawn, peat
transitive verb
Rare to send forth; emit
emanate Synonyms
emanate
v.
emanate Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- premise: At the meeting residents had complained about the noise emanating from the premises from patrons sitting outside.
- sun: Heat is generated when the rays emanating from the sun are refracted and warm the air through friction.
- source: Phones emanating from other sources should always have their LCD IMEI number compared with that on the inside casing.
- corner: Interview - Rich Beale ( Apache Dropout ) There is much noise emanating from all corners.
- speaker: The idea was that each part of the cash register would emanate from a different speaker.
- region: X-rays, gamma rays and radio waves emanate mainly from the outer regions, and vary enormously with solar activity.
Modifying Another Word
- directly: It is the one source from which melody directly emanates, and draws its power.
- mainly: X-rays, gamma rays and radio waves emanate mainly from the outer regions, and vary enormously with solar activity.
- largely: These apparently utterly liberated people, emanating largely, it seemed to me, from Hampstead.
- now: About 50 % of regulations with a significant impact on business now emanate from the EU.
- all: There are elements of truth within each, yet all emanate from our own cultural programming.
- only: This has only emanated from the recent revelations about Labor's corporate funding.
Object
- sound: It emanates an eerie sound a bit like the Jaws theme music.
- light: Although aircraft comdr could not determine shape or size of object, he had a definite impression light emanated from top of object.
- power: Akim was a few inches shorter, but both men emanated power and confidence.
- energy: The band seemed to emanate energy and the crowd picked upon it, responding to Duncan and Matt's acrobatics with their own efforts.
- form: All of a sudden, he heard laughter emanating form the sky.
- noise: The noise emanated from air vents on the side of the building and its apparently single skinned sides of steel paneling.
Browse dictionary entries near emanate
- ‹ emalangeni
- ‹ Email or electronic mail
- ‹ Email Harvesting
- ‹ Email Bombs
- ‹ Email Address
- ‹ emaciation
- ‹ emaciated
- ‹ emaciate
- ‹ EMA
- ‹ em-

